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klaus(at)utdallas.edu
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 11:34 am Post subject: gust lock for 601 HD/HDS

Hi,



There are various ways to lock aileron and elevator in place. For us, a 

small gust block

attached to the center stick has worked well. Details are given on



http://www.utdallas.edu/~klaus/Airplane/gustlock.html



Elsewhere it has been proposed that  a bungee cord be used as gust lock.

That approach pulls the control stick forward and pushes the elevator 

down against

the stop. As a result, the bungee imposes a force on the elevator bellcrank

that, due to the leverage of the control stick, can be much higher

than any force ever encountered in flight. Philip Welsh has a fix for this,

in the form of a small high-density styrofoam block that acts as forward 

stop of the control stick

when the bungee cord is used. That way, no load is imposed on the

aileron bellcrank.



Best wishes,



Klaus



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Klaus Truemper

Professor Emeritus of Computer Science

University of Texas at Dallas

Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and

  Computer Science EC31

P.O. Box 830688

Richardson, TX 75083-0688

(972) 883-2712

klaus(at)utdallas.edu

www.utdallas.edu/~klaus

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pmaxpmax(at)HOTMAIL.COM
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Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 12:14 pm Post subject: gust lock for 601 HD/HDS

I just wrap the passenger seat-belt around the stick.  It pulls it back and to the right.  No problems so far.



Phil Maxson

601XL/Corvair

Northwest New Jersey



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